Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Hello, good people of the blogosphere! Long time no speak, eh? Well, I've moved, and my house is finally done (it's been done for a minute), but the bigger thing here is: I'm starting to nail down a routine, and it's feeling pretty darn good. All I have left is a minor surgery 11/12, and I'll be back off to the races. I miss my workouts, ya know?

 Today's title is a word that means fear of long words. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the second-longest word in the English language. There's your bit of trivia for today (if you can pronounce it, that is).

I've been super busy with work, and I have a new author on board for editing. He'll be releasing his book soon. I'll be sure to share it with you all. It's about addiction and overcoming or succumbing to it. I know it sure pulled at my heartstrings.

That's neither here nor there. I've missed you all, and Monday, I plan to drop that book of mine in its entirety. Yes, I'm still working on that novel I've been promising (psychological thriller in the PPSK series), and you'll get it once I'm done. I'm not rushing it.

I've also finally finished the edit for Recipe for Redemption - Izzy's Story. YAY! It's off to the proofreader for a final looksee. We'll be ready to publish by the beginning of the year, I'm pretty sure. That one is women's fiction, and the first in the series was SO FUN. I have ONE more recipe to finish working out for this book, but I think you'll all salivate over the ones I've completed.

Who doesn't love a cookie?

My day job has been busy, but I'm nearly caught up with that from the move, so we're getting there. I may actually encourage my newest author to start blogging, and if he does that, I'll point you in that direction, too. How fun!

Tricia Copeland has another romance book coming next year under her pen name Maria Jane. That will be hitting my desk on the first of December.

I've also read some really great books, and some serious stinkers lately. One author who hasn't let me down, yet, is Alex Aster. If you haven't read her stuff, do it! 

Bigger news: I believe IBGW is going to start hiring new editors soon. If you're interested, keep an eye on my blog here for instructions on applying. We're a great team, but we're down to just three people, and one of us only does proofreading. *gasp* It's become a struggle, and nobody wants to worry about who'll be available for a proof if they edit.

Anyway, I'm rambling, and I don't want this to get too long. Wonder if there's a word for fear of long blog posts...? :) I'll see you guys next week (we'll say Monday, but I'm not promising Monday) with that book.

Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoyed catching up with me as much as I've enjoyed writing this.

That's all for today, folks! 

Until next time, WRITE ON!

Jo 

Look! I'm back again.

Hello, good people of the blogosphere! Welcome. I'm back, it's a Friday, and the weekend is looming. Today, I'm just gonna talk about whatever, and next week, I'm gonna work on a schedule for all the writerly advice. There are so many new things out there to get in on, and so much that's gone away, I really need to do a bit of a deep dive before I start talking out my azz.

As I said on Wednesday, I'm trying to get back in the habit of sitting down and writing, so showing up twice this week is my idea of a start. :)

Did any of you know I started a YouTube channel? I may or may not have posted about it here, but I don't "think" I did? I'll have to go look...

I did! Link: http://jomichaels.blogspot.com/2020/08/baking-cooking-and-recipe-submissions.html

Anyway, I plan to start making videos again once I get myself moved. All that should be happening in May-ish. I already have a video schedule I can follow, and on the plus side, y'all will get to see a lot more of my grandchildren! I did a video when my eldest granddaughter was still very young (we made turkey cupcakes), and I just know she'll be down to do some more. I have a lot to teach her. :)

My new kitchen is just as fabulous as the one I have now, with the addition of a butcher block countertop, so bread making should be a lot easier. Granite is kind of a PITA when it comes to bread and pasta because of the cooler temperature of the surface... Blah, blah, blah.

Would you believe the spammers have already started again in the comments section? That's so annoying. I need them to stop. OH! And on the topic of commenters...

That last post I wrote here forever ago saying I was giving up because someone was being an azz? I don't even remember the comment the troll made, so it's not bothering me any longer. Yay. Hopefully, they stay away.

I know I'm all over the place right now, but look, I haven't been here for a while, and I'm not really sure what my focus is today except being here. Period. I'm literally just writing.

Anyway, I'll see you all next week, and I promise I'll have direction! No more rambling.

Until next time, WRITE ON!

Jo